Monte Yoho - Clover Recorders, Los Angeles
1975
Monte's Blog...
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| 01.22.07 | Happy New Year! Welcome Everyone! It’s great to be back in the groove again. The band just got back from Nashville after a benefit for the Foster Parent program in Springfield, TN. We’d like to thank Randy Threet, his wife Alex, and all the sponsors who worked so hard and made the benefit a great experience. We definitely look forward to another performance there next year. Our schedule is really packed for the next few weeks. We head out for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh (pour on the IRON) this week and look forward to our official 2007 tour opening. We’ll also be in and out of the studio over the next several weeks finishing the CD. It will be done very soon! Dave Dix and I just found out about an article in the February addition of Modern Drummer magazine. The article is about the 25 best songs ever recorded with two drummers. Dave and I placed 22nd with Stick Around For Some Rock and Roll off the Bring it Back Alive album. That was quite an honor and we would like to thank the writer for the really nice compliments of our drumming. Time to pack. Looking forward to seeing our fans very soon, Monte |
| 12.11.06 | Las Vegas II Flying for this band is usually a nightmare and this was no exception. First of all, we have to head to the airport at 3:00 AM most of the time. It takes a good jump on things in order to get the ten people and a ton of equipment on the plane. We left Tampa at 6:00 AM and got to Atlanta by about 7:30. After an hour layover we boarded our connecting flight and taxied out. The pilot said he saw something on the instrument panel he didn’t like so we went back to the ramp.
"Fill 'er up and check the wiper blades, please." An hour and a half later he said the problem couldn’t be fixed right away so off the plane we went. We got lucky that they found a new plane and moved the crew and luggage over within two hours. We got to Las Vegas in the early afternoon, and went straight to sound check. We had a great show that evening and enjoyed seeing some of our old friends from The Jefferson Starship with Mickey Thomas, the Guess Who, Edgar Winters and Expose to name a few. It was also great to see our manager Charlie Brusco, his wife Cindy, and Howie Silverman from our booking agency, Paradise. |
| 11.30.06 | Great Time In Orange Beach. I can’t tell you how great it was to work with The Charlie Daniels Band this past weekend. It was an awesome reunion! Talking to some members of the band and crew, and swapping old stories, was an event in itself! We really look forward to next year’s Volunteer Jam Tour. There should be some of the new tour schedule showing up on our Web Site right now and many more dates to be added. Thanks for all the fans that showed up for this show… Monte |
| 11.16.06 | I think I can speak for the entire group when I say The Mohegan Sun Casino was one of the most fun places we worked all year. A huge part of a really enjoyable gig is how professionally it is run. I can tell you that from the beginning everything was perfect! The ride from the airport, checking in to the hotel and all the way through two shows it couldn’t have been better. Mark, you were amazing. Thank you for everything. What made it even better for me was to see so many fans up close and the chance to talk to everyone. That’s the nice thing about playing casinos. We actually live there temporarily so all through the day we bump in to the fans and have time for some one on one. It was really nice talking to you all. Our next show is in Orange Beach, AL. That’s close to home for us. We are looking forward to working with one of our best friends from the past, Charlie Daniels and his band. Come on out for what certainly will be some high powered Southern Rock… Monte |
| 11.01.06 | Fun in the Sun! You know, there’s nothing like playing a show in Florida with the sun going down behind you in October. We really enjoyed ourselves and appreciate all the fans that showed up. We’ll be headed out to the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. next, so I hope you'll try to make it. |
| 10.23.06 | Rockin' In The Big Apple Thank you New York for making us feel so welcome. We fed off that energy all night! This is, for sure, one of our favorite places to play! The band is still here in New York. We have a corporate party to perform at tomorrow night and then we'll fly home on Tuesday. We've had a great time here so far. I guess we act like most tourists when it comes down to it. Everyone plans their little tours for the day and heads off in different directions. I spend most of my day walking around and trying to figure out where I am! Anyway, it's a cool place to hang out. We'll be heading down to Ft. Myers, Florida next weekend. Come on down! See ya, Monte |
| 10.18.06 | Home |
| 9.19.06 | Bubbas Colorama Music Fest Harley’s Fall What a cool festival Bubba’s turned out to be. Nested way up in Tomahawk, Wisconsin it was an oasis! Our very special thanks to "Big Wave" Productions for a great venue. I can’t say enough for all the detail you provided. Tom and Robert, you did an excellent job keeping it all together! The show felt great Saturday night. A nice fall breeze made it so comfortable, and once again we beat the odds of bad weather. The rains waited one more time until we finished the show. We had a blast playing in Tomahawk! One of our web masters, Bruce Burneice, drove over for the show. It was actually the first time we met Bruce after talking so many times via e-mail or phone. It was a pleasure to meet you and get to spend some time discussing all the new ideas for the site. Bruce was also there to shoot video for a new section of the web site. We also would like to thank the couple that furnished us with some really good barbecue after the show. We ate sandwiches all the way back to Florida. And to the fan that sent me the fine cigars, thank you very much. We’ve got a little time off right now but will be busy, still, going through material for the CD. Everyone is really excited about recording and finishing up the tracks. We will also be back in rehearsal soon and then straight in to the studio for tracking. I’ll keep you all posted, Monte |
| 9.11.06 | Cherokee For me the weekend in Cherokee, North Carolina was very special. My Dad took us on camping trips every summer that would last several weeks or longer. I got to see most of the US at an early age. One of my all time favorites was the trip to the Smokies and a stop in Cherokee. Of course the highlight would be seeing all the cool Cherokee Indian culture and always a night at the play, Unto These Hills. I was really glad to see that they have kept that theater going and that the rest of the town hasn’t really changed that much. The new venue that held the show was very nice, as were all of the staff that made all of the arrangements. Thank you for a great show. Coming from Florida at this time of year the weather was a big bonus! Nothing like a cool mountain breeze to keep you going. This being September eleventh, we send out our hearts and prayers to all Americans and their families who were so tragically affected. Please feel free to post your thoughts on this in our forum. Monte |
| 8.29.06 | Fort Smith
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| 8.21.06 | PEORIA PARTIES!!! |
| 8.17.06 | Just wanted to give a little extra insight on the photo of the crowd in Stuart that John posted on the Discussion Forums. The thread is titled "Are you in these pictures?" In the first picture, where Hughie in standing alone, over on "stage right" there are two young ladies in Outlaw’s T-shirts. You can see them between the stage monitors. The girl on the left is Shannon, Frank O’Keefe’s daughter and David Dix’s niece. To her right is Constance, the daughter of Hughie and Mary Thomasson. |
| 8.14.06 | The Art of Stuart, Florida. |
| 8.8.06 | Long Flight! Well, we’ve made it back home yet one more time. That was an extremely long journey from Seattle back to Tampa. We left Saturday night and got in sometime late Sunday morning. The biggest part of the whole weekend is usually getting ten guys and a ton of equipment cross-country. Seattle was wonderful. Where else can you sit in front of a fireplace while sipping coffee and reading the paper? IN AUGUST! I kept telling people I was going to move to Seattle. I love the climate and in all my visits to the area I have yet to experience the fog and rain. The show went great and the snow covered mountaintop as a backdrop made it a beautiful setting. We had a lot of dedicated fans there plus our own JB and his son, Ben. Hughie even dragged the poor young man up on stage to help on a sing-a-long!
I’d like to thank Sylvia and Dennis for coming out, and a personal “thank you” to Dennis for the awesome cigars… I’ll talk to you soon, Monte |
| 8.6.06 | Webby's note: Monte sent the following blog entry last Wednesday, August 2nd, while I was on vacation and offline for several days. Sorry for the delayed posting. Great Weekend! We made it back safe and sound from our weekend warrior tour. It was an awesome evening just outside of Morgantown Saturday night (July 29th). There was a quarter moon shining that set the whole mood. There is nothing like playing to thousands of people on a mountain top in West Virginia. Thank you all for coming out! We finished up Sunday night (July 30th) in Canton Ohio. Living up to the Bob Gallion Promotions tradition, Melody and her staff did an awesome job keeping the show running smoothly! Thanks Melody, for having everything so organized. Despite the threatening storms all around us, the show went off without a hitch. We look forward to coming back again and again. Well, it's off to Seattle in the morning. Hope to see a lot of fans out on the West Coast... Monte |
| 7.29.06 | The South Shall Rise Again In New York! It was so nice to be back working with professionals!!! Great job everyone! What a gracious crowd we had Thursday night in Rochester. Thank you all for coming out and making the night. It was a pleasure to meet quite a few of you after the show at the meet and greet. It was a fun night for me. Watching all the youngsters in the first couple of rows was a treat. It's awesome to now see two and three generations at our shows. Who would have ever imagined? We spent the day Friday traveling to Morgantown. We're checked in and ready to rock Saturday night. Hughie, Chris, and Randy spent most of the day in the front lounge of the bus going over some final arrangements of the new songs for the CD. We will definitely be in the studio over the next few weeks finishing up the record. There's a ton of Harley's here at the hotel getting revved up for the big weekend. We love you all! See You Soon, Monte |
| 7.21.06 | Hello Everyone! Sorry it took me a few days to get a blog together. It seems I've had to reformat every computer I own this week! There were also a lot of problems with our WiFi system on the bus this last run. We hope to have everything running smoothly again very soon. Hughie and I are going to try to get a few more Q & As in next week. We really had planned on it this last run but we were having a technical meltdown the entire trip. Thank you all for showing up last weekend in some of the warmest conditions we've had to endure this summer. It really meant a lot seeing so many fans out there with big smiles on your faces. We're headed out to Dallas on Friday morning for the show at the North Texas Rock Rally. Come on out! Talk soon, Monte |
| 7.12.06 | Well, we're out here again! I believe we are somewhere in Indiana and still heading for Minnesota. We left Tampa on Tuesday around noon and drove to Nashville for a lay over. The rest of the band and crew flew in to Nashville this morning and we left there about 1:00. We'll make one more stop before reaching the Moon Dance Festival on Friday. The new bus from Entertainment Coaches is working out nice. It's a 2003 Prevost H3 with a lot of room. It's also black and gold! Colors we like to use on our logo. Look for us out here. See ya soon, Monte |
| 7.07.06 | Awesome Night In Milwaukee! It's really nice when you show up to do a show and everything is perfect. Thursday's show at Milwaukee's Summerfest 2006 couldn't have been any better. Perfect weather, perfect crowd, and perfect honor to play at the Summerfest's 40th anniversary celebration! Thank you Bob Babisch for letting us play for Milwaukee. It's back to Tampa early in the morning and then off for a few days before we head out for Minnesota. It's going to be nice to get back in the bus for a change, I think, (we have a three day bus ride to the first show.) I'm sure it will be an adventure. We'll pack a lot of movies and a ton of snacks for survival. We look forward to our next run that will bring us back to Wisconsin next week. See you then, Monte |
| 7.04.06 | Thanks Packy! And thanks to all the people that helped put this show on for SUMMERFEST 2006. This is a great idea and I think it should become a regular event each year. (especially if we could get a Malley's chocolate endorsement) Thanks again Packy for the treat! We had to hit the trail right after the show Saturday night because of an extremely early flight home. I know that I just basically went back to the hotel and packed, and then it was time to ROCK. We had a good trip out this past week and look forward to Thursday night in Milwaukee. See you then, Monte |
| 6.30.06 | Hearts and Prayers Thank you Albany, Mayor Jennings, and everyone who made this show come together in a very difficult time. It was a rough day I’m sure, for everyone who was affected by the terrible flooding, and had to evacuate homes and businesses. Our hearts and prayers go out to the entire Atlantic region that has been hit so hard with floods and rising rivers. We were determined to provide a kick-ass show for those who could make it. Our small morale booster for the region. The show had to be moved indoors due to the weather, and when we finally found out that we would be playing at the Palace, I immediately started reflecting on how many times we had played that venue in the seventies. Those were the Good Old Days! The Mayor, and several fans, reminded me that we had sold out the Palace two nights in a row in 1979. I even had a chance to chat with a lot of loyal fans. One of them, Steve, who had attended both those sold out nights, even had the ticket stubs for us to autograph. Nice to have met you Steve. That was an awesome introduction by the Mayor himself. Thank you Sir! It’s off to Cleveland in the morning for a show on Saturday then home on Sunday morning. We’ve had a memorable stay here in Albany... ROCK ON, Monte |
| 06.28.06 | Fly Day! Well, another long fly day for the band. We left Tampa International early this morning and flew to Newark. There we met up with Chris, Randy, and Mike and got another plane to Albany. I think we finally have this down. Bringing just the right amount of equipment that everyone needs and getting on and off the aircraft safely! Again, the CREW rocks! Dave and I brought our own snare drums this trip to make us fell more at home on the rented gear. Everyone around here is talking about all the rain for the past couple of weeks. It sure looked good out there today! I hope it's all dried out tomorrow down on the river. We're looking forward to seeing all of our N.Y. fans at the Alive at 5 River Fest! See you there, Monte |
| 06.26.06 | Great day for a show! When we flew in to Pittsburgh Friday morning the weather looked grim. In fact, the hotel we checked in to had gotten hit by lighting the night before and was without power for ten hours. They had the power restored when we arrived but not the hot water pump or Internet. No SHOWER and no WEB! That's roughing it... By morning the hot water was working and the sky had cleared. It turned out to be a just about perfect evening for an outdoor show. The band seemed to settle in early and started to really have some fun just minutes in to the show. Thank you all for coming out to the Speedway. We'd like to see that festival really grow each year and would love to come back and play it again! We have a couple of days to get organized and then we're back out Wednesday. See you soon, Monte |
| 06.18.06 | Love You New Jersey! There's something to be said for our fans in New Jersey. Great vibes all night! It's been a long time since I've played in Asbury Park but I can remember the old days at the Convention Center well. I really enjoyed autographing some old tickets someone brought from the seventies. Thank you Stone Pony for a memorable evening! You guys have an awesome crew that made it very easy to make it happen! Well, we're in the bus headed for Tampa Town. See you soon, Monte |
| 06.17.06 | Thank you Cripple Creek Road House! After what seemed like the longest day of the year, we arrived at the Roadhouse with an eager crowd awaiting some R&R. We are really sorry that it took so long to get there and get ready, and we appreciate everyone being so patient. Especially the promoter and stage crew. It was great playing under the stars on a beautiful North Carolina evening. We're in the bus, again, headed for Asbury Park. This is the last show on this run so we head home tonight. Hope to see you all in NJ. Monte |
| 06.16.06 | Great show at the Meadowbrook! It was really nice to see all of our friends from the MTB. Thanks guys for making it all possible, especially the opportunity to work together again. It was like old times, even better! We're in the bus heading south to North Carolina. It's going to be a really long drive but we should make it in plenty of time. We might even get to check in to the hotel before the show... I'll give an update during the day tomorrow. Monte |
| 06.14.06 | Somewhere in NY. Well, we're making headway on our trip to NH. We stopped and spent the night in a town near Westpoint. We should be in Gilford sometime late this afternoon. There's a lot of travel for us over the next five days so we'll be looking at the inside of the bus for a while. The band is looking forward to seeing all of our friends in the MTB this week. See you in Gilford, Monte |
| 06.04.06 | Thank you Las Vegas! We just finished a show in the Railhead Theater at the Boulder Station Casino. Great Time! Thanks to all the fans that came a long way to see us. We really enjoyed our stay... Monte |
| 06.02.06 | Viva Las Vegas! Hi Gang! We had a great Memorial Day Weekend in Phoenix. The Orange County Chopper Festival went well. We got to meet the entire cast of the show and took advantage of all the photo ops... The band is camped out in Las Vegas right now and is playing at the Boulder Station Casino on Saturday night. We've pretty much got the run of the place for the time being! We fly home Sunday and will be pulling out of Tampa again on June 8 headed for Toledo, Ohio. I'll be sending some road photos as soon as I can get them downloaded off my camera. Talk soon, Monte |
| 05.23.06 |
Greetings! Sorry I've been out of touch for a couple of weeks. I've been real busy as you can see in the photo! Actually, everyone really needed this down time to get ready for the summer and fall tour schedule. As you can see, they are adding dates regularly. Hughie, Dave and I are back in the studio this week working on tracks. We'd like to have the CD finished as soon as possible, but we are also working very hard to make this one special. Hang on, we'll get it done! We'll be back out on the road in less than two weeks and ready to ROCK! We hope to see a lot of fans out this trip. Thanks for being patient, Monte |
| 04.20.06 | The Dave Graham Group
It was the summer of 1969 that I hitched a ride to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the first Atlanta Pop Festival at the Atlanta Speedway. What a party! I don’t think I’ve ever been so overwhelmed as I was that weekend. The music, the party, the communal living! That was an entirely different world than I knew, as I was still a junior at Leto high school in Tampa. I was hitching a ride back to Tampa when a white 1967 Camaro stopped. It was Billy Jones. I didn’t know him at the time, but had heard of him as a musician around Tampa. He offered me a ride home and I took it. We talked about both of us being drummers. (Billy was a really good drummer as well as a guitar and piano player) And no more than an hour down the highway, we were talking about putting a band together when we got back to Tampa. Billy had now started to focus on his guitar playing. That band turned out to be The Dave Graham Group consisting of Dave Graham, Roy Holly, Billy Jones, and myself. Billy and Dave both played guitar, Roy played bass, and I was the drummer. We often rehearsed at Roy’s house or in my parents’ living room. The Dave Graham Group was playing the same circuit as the Outlaws. I had known and worked with Hughie and Dave Dix for quite a while at that time so we all became very good friends. Both bands had a very similar sound and shared pretty much the same influences. We did a lot of vocal work with three-part harmony. Both bands respected one another. There is only one picture of the Dave Graham Group that I am aware of. It was lost for over twenty years, but I’ve never forgotten it, and have searched for it over the years. It was taken during one of those rehearsals in my parents’ living room. I was going through an old box of Outlaws photo albums this week and there it was! That made my day! It’s a very old Polaroid shot, dated September 1969, and not in the best of shape. Monte |
| 04.14.06 | Long Week I'm just starting to get settled back in at home after a pretty long week. Hughie, Dave and I went to Atlanta on Tuesday for a meeting with management Wednesday morning. It was great to see everyone from Alliance and get to visit for a while. Things look good for upcoming dates to be added. We'll announce them as soon as they are confirmed. We are now turning our attention to getting more tracks done on the new CD. Dave and I should be laying down some drum tracks over the next couple of weeks. Right now it's time to enjoy a little bit of what this great state of Florida has to offer. Sun and Fun! Have a Happy Easter Weekend... I'll catch up soon, Monte |
| 04.10.06 | Harley-Davidson Rocks and Rolls! In my last blog I reflected on some good old days at the airport. When we got to the Syracuse airport on Saturday morning, I had a flashback and it was a BUMMER! It really hassled my head man! Hughie, Dave, Chris, Randy and myself were to catch the first plane out at 11:00AM. We had to split the group up because of heavy booking on “Spring-Break” weekend. Our road manager Chuck Smith and the rest of the five-man crew were to take a later flight at about 2:30PM. Well, our plane was late getting there so we were over an hour late getting to Philly. That made us miss our connection to Tampa. Luckily we got the next flight at 3:30PM and got to Tampa a few hours later. Chuck and the crew were not so lucky. US Air canceled all the flights after we left. They ended up driving to Albany N.Y. and getting a flight out at 9:00AM the next morning. “The Show Must Go On” award goes to the Band and Crew for pulling together in an emergency situation. The band loaded up the equipment at the warehouse until late last night and drove it to Crystal River. The crew arrived from the Tampa airport at about 2:00 to set up. The show went on a little late but like nothing had happened. Our crew once again rocked! A big thanks to the Crystal River Harley shop for putting on such an awesome concert. It was great seeing all our friends and fans that showed up. I know I was really enjoying playing to the hometown crowd. We’re going to be busy with meetings and studio recording for the next couple of weeks. That means we’ll be one step closer to getting the new CD ready. Again, Thanks to everyone for coming out and making this event go so well… Talk soon, Monte |
| 04.08.06 | Syracuse - I figured up all the travel time that it took to get to Syracuse and it totaled about 12hours! But it was one of the most memorable trips I've taken in a long time. When we all arrived early Thursday morning at Tampa International, the memories really started to fly. For some reason I started trying to remember how many times we had met at that airport during our "Seventies" heyday. Hundreds of times at the least! We got to the Turning Stone Resort around 7:00 PM Thursday night. Just about everyone was running around enjoying all that the casino had to offer. It was a well earned relaxing evening. The following morning we got up pretty early to do a photo shoot for New York Rider magazine. They brought some awesome custom bikes to be featured in their next issue. We all picked out which one we wanted to sit on and they started taking pictures. We're looking forward to seeing how it came out. We had a full house at the theater tonight, and thanks to a really nice crowd, we had a very warm reception. Windy, and the entire staff at the Turning Stone Casino did everything possible to make the night go so smoothly. We can't thank you enough! Well, it's back to the airport in the morning for the trip back to Florida. We'll be playing Sunday afternoon in Crystal River. See you there! Monte |
| 04.01.06 | Birthday blog I was going to say something really slanderous, or embarrassing to JB on his birthday, but being around the band for some thirty + years is punishment enough! I mean in those years how many naked Outlaws butts did you have to endure during photo shoots? (none) How many times did you hear “F---- this, aren’t you finished yet! (plenty) And need I even mention an actual overnight bus ride with us? (let's not go there) Nope, I’m not going to slander this time. Instead, I salute you sir! You are truly a huge part of this band and will always be. Thank you for all of the wonderful memories that you have created. A very Happy Birthday to you… All My Best, Monte One of a webby's perks is the ability to insert commentary. JB |
| 03.23.06 | HOME… We are HOME! Our driver, Big Dog, delivered us home safe and sound as promised. I’d like to extend a personal “Thank You” to Dale and all of the drivers this trip for keeping us safe out there. It can get really dangerous especially when the weather doesn’t cooperate. Also, special thanks to Pyramid Coach and Mike Palmer for all of that safe travel! We dropped off Randy and Chris in Philly for their flight back to Nashville. The rest of the band found ways to kill the twenty-four plus hours of driving that it took to arrive. If the tour bus didn’t have satellite TV and a WiFi set up for Internet I believe we might loose it completely. As we headed South, the air got much warmer. That meant out of the heavy jackets and back into T-shirts and sweats. Then there was the “passing” over the Florida State Line. You could hear a couple of cheers and somewhat of a sigh of relief. We got in about 11:00 PM Monday night and everyone went their own way. The crew (best damn crew around) all said good-bye and told us how much they enjoyed this trip. And likewise, we love those guys and couldn’t have done it without them. I’ll definitely be checking in as often as possible, and will have other members posting in the near future. I’ll talk to you soon, Monte |
| 03.19.06 | We had a huge weekend to finish the first leg of the Outlaws 2006 tour. We are still recovering from a two-show night in New York. It was a lot of fun and we saw a ton of friends there. BB King's always ROCKS!!! After the show we had to head to Sellersville, PA where we just finished the last show. Great venue and great crowd. We really had a good time. We just loaded everyone on the bus for a very long ride home to Florida. We'll drop Chris and Randy off in Philly to fly home to Nashville. I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of the band for your strong support. We really appreciate it! I'll be back soon, Monte |
| 03.18.06 | Happy Saint Patrick's Day! And it was a happy day when we found out that the caterers had made corned beef and cabbage at the North Fork Theater in Westbury, NY. That was awesome! Most of the time holidays go unnoticed out on the road because we're always working... Perfect crowd tonight! We always did have great fans on Long Island. The theater was really cool. We were set up almost in the round and I think it gave everyone a good seat. I had the best one in the house! We enjoyed getting to meet you all and will see quite a few of you again at BB King's tomorrow night in New York. Enjoy the weekend, Monte |
| 03.17.06 | Birchmere ROCKS! We had a really good night in Alexandria, VA. Thanks, Birchmere for all the hospitality. Great crowd! And the fan who brought his Mother for her 72nd birthday, you ROCK! We have to hit the road right away for Westbury, NY. See You There, Monte |
| 03.16.06 | Travel Day Yesterday... We left Erie yesterday, with the sun out, and headed for the (hopefully much warmer) DC area. It was a cold, but otherwise beautiful day for a bus ride. Everyone rode up in the front of the bus and talked about how beautiful the part of PA that we were driving through was. There was some spectacular scenery! Originally we were not scheduled to check in to our hotel until noon on Thursday so we stopped at another hotel about a hundred miles from DC. We'll leave early Thursday morning for the show area and check in at noon. Well, I see a lot of empty pizza boxes in the hallway so the guys must be stuffed and ready for a good night's sleep. We're really looking forward to the show at the Birchmere. We love that venue... See you soon, Monte |
| 03.15.06 | Edinboro, PA OK - everyone made fun of us about all the complaining we did about the cold weather, but when you are from Florida, snow, ice and fifty mph wind is a slight adjustment for us. We actually loved every minute of it and will be back several more times until we think that today was a good day for the beach! |
| 03.11.06 | On The Road Again! Well, we are just now pulling in to Clifton Park, NY. Our bus driver, Gary, woke up sick yesterday morning and the coach company in Nashville had to fly a new driver in to Pittsburgh. Luckily we were able to leave last night for NY. That's just one of the things that can go wrong out here and really throw off the schedule. We wish him a quick recovery. We had a blast at the Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse last night! Rita and the crew were right on top of everything as usual. We stayed and greeted each fan after the show and had the pleasure of getting up close and personal with all of you. Thank you for all of your patience. I know that was a very long line and many had to wait for a while. Most of the band was up late last night trying to calm down from the nearly two-hour show. Everyone seems to go to their own corner. Some watch TV, others listen to the live recording of the show that evening, and some, like me, try to use the computer in the back room of the bus to answer fan mail. If anyone can't figure out what I was saying, I HIT A BUMP! Sometime I just have to aim at the key and hope that I hit it so this, "cjehrcbgfehrbrhbbve" means, "hello, how are you?" It's been a long 24 hours for all of us, and a really hard load on the crew, but we will be ready to ROCK the walls down at Northern Lights tonight. Take Care and I'll talk to you soon, Monte Yoho |
| 03.10.06 | Harrisburg PA! What a night! Thank you all for a really nice opening night of the 2006 tour. A very special thanks to the entire staff and crew at the Whitaker Sunoco Theater. Also thanks to our new production manager, Chuck Smith, and the entire Outlaws road crew. But most of all, thanks to all the fans who attended. You made last night a great memory! Last night we tried out several new songs that we hope you all liked. We also started a new tradition, by greeting all of you at the merch stand after the show. I thought both went over extremely well. We hope to be doing that kind of "meet and greet" more often. Again, thanks to all who attended last nights opening... Monte Yoho |
| 03.06.06 | Greetings! Hello to everyone again. This is Monte Yoho. A lot has happened since the last tour ended in December. I went back to Branson, Missouri, soon after the tour, and decided that it was time to move back to Florida. I had a lot of planning to do, both for a move and a wedding. I got married in St. Louis on the 14th of January and started packing the following week. I'm all moved in to my new home near Orlando and loving being back in my Homeland! It's great to be here! As you know, the band has gone through a change. Henry Paul and Dave Robbins both left to pursue their careers in BlackHawk. We wish them well! Meanwhile, the Outlaws are in full gear and ready to ROCK! We have just finished two weeks of rehearsals, have a new web site going up, and will hit the road Tuesday night. First stop, Harrisburg, PA. The band is now five pieces and sounds as good as ever. We'll also be adding a lot of new material as well as a couple more from the past. A portion of the new song list will include This Town, Full Circle and I Wanna Know, all of which will be on our new CD. We hope to have the entire recording finished by April or May. We are also doing a song by Chris Anderson called Trail Of Tears and working on a new one by Randy Threet. Song For You, off our first album, will appear in the new set as well. We look forward to seeing all of you out there sometime this year… All My Best, Monte Yoho |
